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Huh? I’m completely missing the meaning of what you’re trying to convey.

By the time I was seeing a lot of Beano Cook it was already the late 90s and he was getting a lot of air time on ESPN as a one-off college football analyst. They avoided putting Beano in group settings and right away it was apparent he was “old-school” to his own detriment - his college football world came down to only about 4 or 5 programs - Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Penn State, Michigan, and Ohio State (+ Pitt) - and of those he knew their 1970s rosters better than the current ones.

Everybody else, no matter how relevant, was too new and too much of a wild child for his liking. For example, Beano couldn’t handle anything about Spurrier, from his ambitious offenses to his openness with the media, which is strange to look back on given what a mainstay Spurrier is/was for the SEC.

And yes, I am also someone who jokes about his predictions. I remember Beano picking against the powerful Ken Dorsey QBed Canes every chance he got, from what I could tell because their opponents like Penn State and Boston College were more “traditional” and therefore deserved to win.

It was in response to the idea he had a few things and was kinda surpassed, riding on past accomplishments.

But I’m arguing he was a compelling, bombastic TV figure that was memorable because he was odd. And people who are memorable because they’re odd are often the ones people put on TV because they get watched.

What’s also interesting is the sense he was this extreme institution. He didn’t make his National CFB TV debut until age 51, going to ESPN at 54. He didn’t hit a decade in TV until 1992, at which point people already felt he’d been around since Army competed for titles. I can’t  recall when he cycled off, but I don’t think he was much of a thing after 2005?

but I could tolerate Beano similar to Lou Holtz or Lee Corso

I never really liked Holtz. And when he started going "Dr Lou", it seriously jumped the shark.

Corso doesn't look well. I liked him, but he is REALLY starting to look like he's having age/cognitive issues. He just seems to have lost a step cognitively. 

Corso and Holtz both sound drunk often, but I think it's age, which catches us all.

As they feature younger guys more often now the difference is more and more apparent.

Yeah, I recall watching football on a 13 inch color TV in grad school with rabbit ears and a tuner knob and three channels.

Why do they put all those glorious TVs in the front entrance in Costco?  I can't figure that one out.  I'm also wondering what to do with these 5 large screen TVs I bought.

I never really liked Holtz. And when he started going "Dr Lou", it seriously jumped the shark.

Corso doesn't look well. I liked him, but he is REALLY starting to look like he's having age/cognitive issues. He just seems to have lost a step cognitively.

Corso had a stroke a few years back. He is not well. He is not on the set all that much, and probably more than he should be. Appears ESPN is going to hang with him as long as he can go at all.